asynchronous

adjective

Not synchronous; occurring at different times.

(computing, of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing.

(computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.

Roots

synsyn- · Greek · together, with khronos-chron · Greek · time

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The word asynchronous breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: syn, from Greek syn (“together, with”); and -chron, from Greek khronos (“time”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.